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Reading Day

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When do we celebrate "Reading Day"?

a)

18th June

b)

21st June

c)

22nd June

d)

19th June

2.

"Reading Day" is being celebrated to commemorate the contributions of which great personality?

a)

S. R. Ranganathan

b)

B. S. Kesavan

c)

R. N Panicker

d)

P. N. Panicker

3.

Where was P. N. Panicker born?

a)

Telengana

b)

Andhra Pradesh

c)

Kerala

d)

Tamil Nadu

4.

Name the association formed by P. N. Panicker in the year 1945.

a)

Travancore Library Association

b)

Cochin Library Association

c)

Trivandrum Library Association

d)

Kerala Library Association

5.

The slogan of the Travancore Library Association was

a)

"Reading enlightens"

b)

"Read and Read"

c)

"Read and Grow"

d)

"Reading empowers all"

6.

In which year was KANFED (Kerala Association for Non-formal Education and Development) established by Panicker?

a)

1976

b)

1977

c)

1978

d)

1979

7.

What is the term used to celebrate "Reading Day" in Kerala?

a)

Vayana Dinam

b)

Eluttu Dinam

c)

Sansari Dinam

d)

Kelku Dinam

8.

When did P.N.Panicker die?

a)

19th June 1995

b)

18th May 1994

c)

21st July 1999

d)

4th August 2001

9.

In the year 2002 P. N. Panicker Foundation became the first organization in India to popularize which of the following?

a)

Digital Reading

b)

Digitalization of Libraries

c)

E-reading among rural people

d)

All of the above

10.

Considering the appreciable work carried out by Panicker Foundation, the Government of Kerala organized an autonomous organization. Name it.

a)

Kerala Granthashala Sangam

b)

P N Panicker Vigyan Vikas Kendra

c)

Kerala State Library Council

d)

None of the above

11.

Who is the author of the popular short-story collection "Malgudi Days"?

a)

P. N. Panicker

b)

R. K. Narayan

c)

Ruskin Bond

d)

R. K. Laxman

12.

What is the full name of P. N. Panicker?

a)

Padmanabhan Narayan Panicker

b)

Puruvanthan Narayan Panicker

c)

Puthuvayil Narayana Panicker

d)

Puruvayingal Narayana Panicker

13.

Who is the author of "The Blue Umbrella" ?

a)

Ruskin Bond

b)

Rudyard Kipling

c)

J. K. Rowling

d)

George Chapman

14.

"Hamlet" is a famous play written by

a)

William Wordsworth

b)

William Shakespeare

c)

Ben Jonson

d)

John Milton

15.

How many Harry Potter novels have written by J. K. Rowling till now?

a)

7

b)

8

c)

9

d)

10

16.

Name the autobiography of A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

a)

Inspiring Thoughts

b)

Ignited Minds

c)

Wings of Fire

d)

Indomitable Spirit

17.

__________ is a British Indian novelist and essayist. His second novel "Midnight's Children" won the 'Best of Booker' in 1993 and 2008, thus establishing it as one of the greatest novels of all time. His fourth novel "The Satanic Verses" caused some religious controversies. Identify the person.

a)

V. S. Naipaul

b)

Salman Rushdie

c)

Khaled Hosseini

d)

Amitav Ghosh

18.

Who is the author of "The God of Small Things"?

a)

Arundhati Roy

b)

Kiran Desai

c)

Anita Desai

d)

Shashi Deshpande

19.

Who is the sole recipient of Nobel Prize in Literature from India?

a)

Amartya Sen

b)

C. V. Raman

c)

Rabindranath Tagore

d)

None of the above

20.

Name the last work (incomplete) of Munshi Premchand.

a)

Gaban

b)

Karmabhoomi

c)

Pratigya

d)

Mangalsootra

21.

"A Brief History of Time" is written by

a)

Sir Isaac Newton

b)

Albert Einstein

c)

Stephen Hawking

d)

C. V. Raman

22.

"Madhushala" is a famous Hindi poem written by

a)

Suryakant Tripathi 'Nirala'

b)

Ramdhari Singh 'Dinkar'

c)

Harivansh Rai "Bachchan'

d)

Tulsidas

23.

Who wrote the "Mahabharata"?

a)

Valmiki

b)

Ved Vyasa

24.

"And miles to go before I sleep

and miles to go before I sleep. "

Identify the poem from which the above lines are taken.

a)

Stopping by woods on a Snowy Evening

b)

The Road Not Taken

c)

Daffodils

d)

The Solitary Reaper

25.

Who is the poet of the famous poetry collection in Hindi "Kukurmutta"?

a)

Suryakant Tripathi 'Nirala'

b)

Ramdhari Singh 'Dinkar'

c)

Narsimha Mehta

d)

Harivansh Rai 'Bachchan'